1. Phonics and Word Recognition

READING

READING STANDARDS FOR CLASSES IV – VIII: The following standards for Classes IV – VIII offer a focus for instruction each year to make sure that students acquire adequate mastery of phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text. The students should be able to read with proper stress and intonation which will enable them to understand others and be understood. These also provide focus for instruction to make sure that students are exposed to a wide range of literature and tasks. These standards define what students should be able to do by the end of each class. Rigor is also infused through the requirement that students read increasingly complex texts through the classes. As students advance through the classes, they are expected to meet each year’s class-specific reading standards and further develop skills and understanding mastered in the preceding classes, and work steadily toward meeting (bridging) the level of reading proficiency in English required by Secondary and Senior Secondary School curriculum.

CODE 1. PHONICS AND WORD RECOGNITION Reading Standard 1: Master and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words for effective communication

Class IV Class V Class VI Class VII Class VIII Suggestions for Instructional Strategies

4R.1PWR.1a (i) Identify letters and sounds. (ii) Recognize and name the letters used to represent sounds in words. (iii) Understand relationship between letters and individual sounds. - Print rich walls

- Audio-visual aids

4R.1PWR.1b

4R.1PWR.1c (i) Understand relationship between letters and sounds to listen, speak, read, and write. (ii) Break down words into syllables. (iii) Recognize familiar words accurately and easily decode new words. (iv) Read familiar words, analyze new words, and spell new words correctly.

(i) Recognize and read multi-syllabic words with proper stress. (ii) Read simple sentences with proper stress and intonation. - Songs, chants, poems

Continue to apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words for effective communication. - Kinesthetic activities

- Word/sound games

- Choral Cloze